Occupy Update January 20, 2012

Call it Occupy Wall Street West
or Occupy 2.0.The
San Francisco Examiner reports that today's activities in
San Francisco's financial district kick off a new phase for the
movement. Those who wish to follow the days events can use the
hashtag at #occupysf. Looks like occupysf will feature live video
feeds, once they are up and out. Huffpost
has extensive coverage and analysis of the Left Coast this morning.

On the other side of the bay Occupy
Oakland is alive and kicking and has set up committees working on
a broad range of issues. Oaklandlocal.com
has full details.

Reuters reports this morning is
reporting that "only" a third of the global population
across 23 countries are aware of the nascent U.S.-led Occupy movement
against economic inequality. ReutersIn
other obituaries, the
Vancouver Sun says that occupy only has the support of over 50%
of Canadians, and is as high as 67% in South Korea. The US came in at
45%.

Back among the living, protesters today
focus on the third branch of government : occupy courthouses will be
in more than 100 cities across the U.S. on today to protest a
landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that removed most limits on
corporate and labor spending in federal elections. Huffington
Post

Across the pond, Occupy London
protesters are facing the court-mandated eviction deadline of January
27th to break down the
encampment. However, the next steps of the occupation are already in
motion, as they plan to do a “tent city university” and bring
occupy to the schools and universities.

Classes in schools would cover
critical thinking, advocacy and how to take responsible action
amongst other things, organizers say. Check out details and full
analysis at BBC

Finally, the spooksters at Anonymous released a statement/video backing the London Protesters and threatening action against the 1% :